476. MD Thur PM: Man injured in officer-involved shooting

Police had responded to assault in progress call
by By GRETCHEN PHILLIPS, Staff writer

A police call to an assault ended with a man being shot by a Charles County sheriff’s officer late Thursday night.

At 11:30 p.m. Thursday, officers were called to the 1100 block of Hamlin Road in Waldorf for an assault in progress.

According to preliminary information from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, a woman called 911 and reported that her boyfriend was assaulting her. The first officer to arrive on the scene was confronted by a man outside of the home holding two knives, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Diane Richardson said.

Richardson said the officer repeatedly asked the man to drop his weapon. The man moved toward the officer who then fired his gun several times, she said ...